[{"word":"busting","phonetic":"/ˈbʌstɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈbʌstɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To break.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I busted my cooker while trying to fix it."},{"definition":"To arrest (someone) for a crime.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An emphatic synonym of do or get.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He busted huge air off that jump!"},{"definition":"To reduce in rank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination."},{"definition":"To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lose all of one's chips.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To exceed a score of 21.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To break in (an animal).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ejaculate; to eject semen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["nick"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The process of something being broken or exploded.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(often followed by \"to go to...\") Urgently needing to urinate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting."}],"synonyms":["bursting"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bust","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/busting"]}]